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From 2022 to 2025, we partnered with Soho House to run the writer's development program for Soho Members at both Soho House and Soho Works.
A short film about the partnership and the impact Write Club had on the membership at Soho is included below:
R E F E R E N C E :
We asked Emma Clarke, Head of Digital Membership at Soho House to provide a reference about the work we did at Soho:
“We have been lucky enough to have Susanna and Matt host Write Club here at Soho for the past three years. The events they host here are truly beautiful - they’ve created an authentic community where participants collaborate and communicate with one another all the time - something that is priceless to me as Head of Digital Membership at Soho House.
In addition to membership retention, we’ve recorded the following data from the Write Club partnership:
- Oscar, Bafta, Emmy and Olivier award winning guest speakers invited every month
- Over 350+ Soho members attending Write Club events over the last 36 months
- Participants retaining Soho membership in order to attend Write Club
- Monthly event sells out within 24 hours
- Write Club event capacity increased year-on-year as a result of popularity”
T E S T I M O N I A L S :
"A lot of us struggle with carving out space to be writers amongst the day jobs and other responsibilities, but we also struggle with accountability to our creative selves. When it feels like there is no out there waiting for your story, it can feel hard to keep going. It’s why groups like this are so important."
- Nasri Atallah
“I sit on the Inclusivity Board at Soho House and the Committee at Soho Works.
I go to a lot of the events here and the Houses, and I don’t feel like I’ve got the sense of community from other workshops I’ve attended. We have a lot of people that come in and create space, which is great, but all of the connections I have in Soho are a result of the people I met at Write Club.
It feels like family rather than just a community”.
- Melissa Sinclair
"As a first-time visitor to Write Club, I was delighted to see how well organised it was and how likeminded many of the people I met there were. It was liberating being able to have the time to put some thoughts down on paper, and even more so going through the process of sharing them with the group. Write Club will certainly be a monthly staple for me and I'm already looking forward to the next one."
- Martin Hislop
"The Write Club team run fantastic sessions which I’d recommend to anyone with an interest in writing. Their guest speakers - often impressively big names! - talk about their careers and use their experience to offer a mix of advice and encouragement that usefully straddles the border between ‘inspiring’ and ‘realistic’. Plus, there are always ingenious exercises to get everyone in the room writing there and then, often in ways they might not have done so before - and it’s a treat to hear the results of these read aloud. I’ve really enjoyed getting involved with their sessions - and I can see that any organisation which has an interest in driving creativity could do well to book Write Club, too."
- Toby Smith
"I am never happier than when I am stringing words together into sentences, but writing is often a very isolating hobby done in solitude. So, I can’t tell you how thankful I am for the monthly Write Club London events at Soho. It makes my heart happy to spend an evening with fellow aspiring and accomplished writers.
It is a fantastic opportunity to share work that has never seen the light of day.
I am a Magazine Editor, but I suffer with imposter syndrome. In the Write Club bubble of creative souls, I am encouraged to read my work aloud. It’s such a safe space to share."
- Rebecca Archer
"Write Club is, in my opinion, the best event Soho Works puts on.
The quality of talent that runs through the event is exceptional. "
- Ady Lloyd